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Scientific Name	**Angustistoma barbatum** (Lin, 1931)
Common Name
Type Locality	Yaoshan, Kwangsi and southern Hunan, China.
Synonym(s)	Gymnostomus barbatus, Scaphesthes barbatus, Varicorhinus barbatus
Pronunciation	so ro MON ick thiss
Etymology	Soromonichthys is a combination of Soromoni, the name of the creek which serves as type locality for the type species, and the Greek ikhthus, meaning fish.
Species Information
Identification	Soromonichthys may be diagnosed from all other Hypostominae by having a unique pattern of plate loss on the snout: Soromonichthys has naked skin covering its anteriormost snout margin, extending posteromedially over the mesethmoid to level approximately coequal with anterior bony rim of nostrils, and osterolaterally to about midlength of snout; plated region restricted to column along either side of mesethmoid that becomes broadly expanded posterolaterally to snout margin. There are more details in the original description, this is kept brief on purpose.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: China.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Carps and carp-like fishes, pp 113.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Apr 22 07:35 (species record created: 2020 Nov 15 08:55)